Fence



` UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. DUSANG, OF LARUE, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,682, dated March 29, 1892.. Application led September 24, 1891. Serial No. 406,732. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. DUSANG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Larue, in the county-of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to portable fences, and to that class known as self-tightening.

The object of my improvement is to make a simple and cheap fence that will tighten as it settles and in which the rails will not slip endwise; and it consists in a series of groundsills each provided with twin posts, between which the rails are placed, the ends of the rails of one panel being stepped so as to rest on and abut against the ends of the rails of the adjoining panel; and it further-consists in so securing the rails thus arranged that the weight'of the fence has a constant tendency to bind it tighter as it settles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved fence, showing it as it will appear when in use. Fig. 2 is an end view showing how the wires are passed through the posts and under the rails to support them.

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings by letter, b indicates a4 series of ground-sills placed at convenient distances apart.

a indicates the posts, two of which are attached to each sill, with space enough between to accommodate the thickness of the rails c.

e indicates the two strands of wire twisted together to form a brace, the wires dividing at f to form a loop, which catches into notches formed in the ends of the ground-sills b. These wires are again separated near the top of the fence and are bent over the top rail and looped over the post on the opposite side, as shown at 9. Y

The posts are notched, and a wirej is passed around them and tied by twisting the ends together and then bent downward, so as to form a support between the posts for one or more rails from either panel. Below this a wire h is attached to one of the brace-wires e and'passes through a hole in one of the posts and is then bent down upon the inside underneath the lower rail of the panel. It is then passed up and out through a corresponding hole in the opposite post and attached to the other brace-wire e. In the loop thus formed oneend of all the rails of the two consecutive panels will rest. It will thus be seen that the greater the weight the tighter the fence will become. As the fence settles it draws upon the wires h, which have a tendency to draw the brace-wires e toward the fence and thereby tighten the draw upon the top of the posts and bind them together, and to draw the top rails down on the loop at j, thus causing that wire to tighten upon the posts.

It will thus be seen that a very strong fence can be constructed. The brace-wires e may be attached to sills b in any suitable way, as by boring holes through them or passing underneath them. I have shown the end notches in one form only.

Having thus described my invention, whatv I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a portable and self-binding fence, the combination of the posts a a, rails c, sills b, and upper binder j, with the braces e e and binder h, the binder h attaching to the braces and straining them by reason of the weight ot the rails supported by said binder, causing the upper loops of the braces to hold the ends of the top rails of adjoining sections securely Ybetween the posts and the binderj, substantially as described. l

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN E. DUSANG.

Witnesses:

p G. T. BAUGHMAN,

' PATRICK GANYARD. 

